St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-27

result is only too plain, Col. Smith is
without funds, and is using questionable
means to raise the wind. Fallen, he has
| grown desperate, and detectives are
now upon his track. Shadowing his
| every move. Col. Smiths last visit to
| Cincinnati was upon his wedding tour.
He was never seen in this city after
ward until last spring. Then he was
the same colonel. He paid considerable
| attention to society and society people,
| and soon it became whispered about
that he was counting the widow of a
| former well-known and wealthy Cincin-
| NATHAN. The suit appeared to progress
| favOrably, and suddenly Col. Smith left
this city. He had represented that he
expected certain moneys, and had Dor
| rowed in various sums from his friends.
| He again came to Cincinnati. This
| time he registered at the Gibson house.
| He was the same old colonel. PompOuS
| and dignified, he was, as badly OFF as
ever. Yesterday three weeks ago he
| left here, and behind him in this city
| are number of persons who deeply re-
gret that the colonel ever formed the
! notion of coming to Cincinnati-at least
| this last time. Among these is DIR.
| Buckner. the East Fourth street phySi-
| clan. The doctor and Col. Smith were
icy Hdu uSCu
| the classics at Dartmouth college and
| the colonel'S visits to Cincinnati were
| the most pleasant events to the doctor.
! On the Friday previous to his depart
ure Col. Smith again visited DIR. Buck
ner. He had Just come here from
! Louisville, where he had acted as best
| man at one of the SWEETEST weddings
held in Louisville for years-that of the
Partisan millionaire, OvingtOn,tO one of
| LOUISVILLE : MOST CHARMING LADIES.
The wedding party was i'll this city,
stopping at the st. Nicholas hotel, and
Col. Smith was to accompany them so he
said. upon their tour. which was to be
an extensive one. He had run little
short, and being unacquainted at any
of the banks. requested the physician to
indorse for him. DR.. Buckner gladly
went with him to the Merchants Ma
tiOnal bank. There Smith was intro
duced to Mr.. Falls, the bank president.
| Much to DR.. Buckner's surprise, how
ever. instead of drawing again an ac-
count in bank the colonel wanted to
draw against some New Yorker. This
struck DIR. Buckner as peculi;.T, and he
casually remarked:
Il thought you intended drawing
against an account in New York. Why
don't you do that?"
''Oh, drew out all my money before
leaving New York. This is a friend of
mine"
DR.. Buckner thought. and the more
he thought the more suspicious he be-
came. A presentiment came over him
that there was something wrong, and
upon some pretext he managed to eX-
cuse himself from indOrsing the draft.
The afternoon of the same day the
oalTnh OF hr Pn0l-nnr'
office. He needed the money, and Sug-
geSted that the physician introduce him
to Mr.. Falls again and leave the matter
to him. This he would not do.
Then" said the colonel. suppose
that l cut this matter in halves. That |
make this draft, which is for $500 at
thirty days, $50 at fifteen days"
After some further conversation DR..
Buckner was talked into doing this.
The draft was made out on "a. ii.
.Joubyn, No. % Read street. New York"
1t was Endorsed by DR.. Buckner and the
money readily paid over. This was on
the 2lSt ult. At parting Col. Smith re-
marked:
''Dr. Buckner. hope that you will
lose no sleep over this"
Il will not" remarked the doctor. 81
never do the walking. The other man
does that" Then they separated and
DR.. Buckner has not seen him since. A
few DAYS, later, however. word came
back that no man named J0ubyn lived
in New York. and certainly not at the
number named. An investigation proved
that Col Smith had simply ''jobbed' the
physician. DR.. Buckner was not the
only one to suffer. 1t is now given out
that others, too, have been worked, and
if oil Re fhn colonial Infr
the city with the good, big wealth, all
of which he ''cOnned" the good people
of Cincinnati out of.
HE TRIES TO SQUARE HIMSELF.
DIR. Buckner was not disposed to even
give away that he had been worked by
Col. Smith. He wrote and telegraphed
the colonel at his hotel, the AstOr, in
New York. One of these read as fol-
lows:
Col Nicholas Smith, Astor House. New
York: Your draft has been returned pro-
tested. No such man as Joubyn in New
York. What are you going to do about it?
An answer to this was received. In
this Col. Smith said that JOubyn was the
president of big corporation in New
York. Smith also called at the New
York bank and assumed the debt by
standing good for JOubyn, stating that
Joubyn was at the time out of the city.
Every thing now appeared lovely; but
the fateS had destined otherwise. Yes
terday DR.. Buckner again received no
tice that the note had been again pro-
tested. and now has given up all hope
of getting back his good wealth.
Then there is another thing equally as
strange. The marriage with the Gin
cinati lady referred to above is fraught
\, oil
are rumOrS of some fraudulent tranSac-
tiOns in connection with this affair.
These will come out later. it is stated.
1t is stated that operators from de-
tective agency are now working upon
this part of the matter, and that the coil
is gathering about the colonel.
Col Smith is natural beauty, who
has been gratuitOuSly advertised by the
press for years He has been the pride
and pet of the ladies all over the coun-
try, and Queen Victoria herself once
publicly stated that he was the hand
soonest man she had ever seen. Now
about fifty years of age, as straight as
an arrow, his is face and form once
seen and never forgotten. Heretofore
he has been the central figure in every
social affair to which he could be had.
Years ago he was married at Louisville
W a JilSS YIN, q VI VI hCl-
tucky's oldest families. Previous to his
wedding to Miss Greeley he publicly
stated about the clubs of Louisville and
to his friends generally that he
was going on to New York,
and that he would marry Miss
Greeley He was at that time in about
the same condition at which the present
time finds him, and went to the metrOp-
oils fully determined to win the hand of
the young lady. He borrowed right and
left, and the wealth he spent so lavishly
at New York really belonged to his
friends. He is now in desperate straits,
and his departure from Louisville was
fastened by cOnstables. Even while
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